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US 4,045,844 AGranted
Sock lock device
OwnerDavid P. Murrayinventor
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Abstract
A sock lock device for maintaining a number of pairs of socks together during a washing and drying operation includes a number of clothespin elements detachably joined together, wherein each clothespin element is capable of maintaining one pair of socks together. A mechanism is provided for hanging the device on a clothesline for a drying operation.
Claims4
A sock lock device adapted to maintain at least two pairs of socks together during a washing and a drying operation on a clothesline, which comprises:
- a. at least two clothespin elements, each said clothespin element adapted to receive one said pair of socks therein and including a pair of arms, each said arm having a jaw end and a handle end;
- b. means for detachably joining said clothespin elements;
- and
- c. means for hanging said lock device from said clothesline,
- said detachably joining means further comprising:
- d. a snap element mounted on each said arm at said jaw end;
- and
- e. a snap receiving element embedded in each said arm at said handle end for receiving one said snap element therein.
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